The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 29, 1946
Waxing Crescent
19.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 AM
8:35 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.2%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 295
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 51.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.0° / 129.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 49m / -24.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.55° / -1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.97° / 2.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.49° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.